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court issues the warrant for his arrest for crimes against humanity on the hundred day operators bombing of libya more details just ahead. israel promises to intercept the taliban from gaza while backing away from waits to punish journalists . also this hour it's confirmed fifteen people near japan's fukushima nuclear plant showed signs of radiation exposure last month as the places government chants and met with anger and skepticism. internationalising comment live from moscow this is o.t. with twenty four hours a day it appears that libyan leader moammar gadhafi is not only being targeted by nato jets but the international criminal court also has him in its sights judges in the hague issued an arrest warrant for gadhafi and his closest allies on charges of

crimes against humanity our correspondent ali not going to go. namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting his civilians of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision and the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been issued by one of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in the chords the nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent head of state the first such occurrence happened in two thousand and nine and the man that they wanted or were afterwards the sudanese president over that decision has yet to be implemented in reality and the libyan authorities have already said that they will not comply with the decision in this case they actually questioned its legitimacy and have reminded

that libya is not a signatory to the rome treaty which has actually set up the international criminal court we have yet to find out how exactly they will go about arresting moammar gadhafi the i.c.c. did say that the libyan people themselves will arrest gadhafi but of course gadhafi and he is called words remain defiant and say they will continue to fight to the very end and they basically said they don't particularly care for this particular decision as a matter of fact there were reports of intensified bombing off tripoli just this morning there were reports that blasts have been heard very close to gadhafi compound this was supposed to be enforcement of a no fly zone in libya and yet already we're talking about. according to libyan government we're talking about hundreds of civilians being killed as a result of the nato airstrikes of course new officials have until not so long ago denied being at fault for at this point it's kind of a situation which is just hanging in the air and whether this particular leader's

decision from the i.c.c. whether that will have any effect on the situation in libya remains to be seen. constantine cause a child chairman of the state duma's foreign affairs committee explained to r.t. why the arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader the decision of the international criminal court. is not legally binding for libya for the simple reason libya is not a member state of the court and there's long as mr qaddafi on libyans territory and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the court stays in power or that will mean that mr qaddafi inevitably will try to stay in power as long as he can and that contradicts the intentions on the international community of the way they are worked out by the security council

member states russia included the new song that after his neck is so tight that he has no option other than to fight to the very end says patrick hayes he's a london based reporter for online magazine spiked. it does mean that he can no longer decide to go off to a different country just kind of hide hide away there and arrange escape plans it means now he's literally in a place of death where he can't escape so it's so yes i think the conflict could be prolonged as a result of this but i mean i think fundamentally the thing i find very striking is you know this is the hundredth day of the libyan conflict now william hague is making these claims today the foreign secretary of the u.k. saying that the i.c.c. warrant so why get their fears lost all of just mysie and should basically give up immediately and the idea that i see seeds arrest warrants actually removes any kind of legitimacy from gadhafi i really find to be of horror and really it should be

always for the libyan people to decide whether good that gadhafi is illegitimate a lot it shouldn't be for an international court of law is to mete out justice to get their feet the international criminal court is the place where the west judge is the rest. of humanitarian aid ships carrying supplies to gaza is set to depart from greece it's reportedly made up of one i should say ten vessels with some five hundred activists on board israel warns that its military is gearing up to intercept the aid a modern art has dropped earlier threats against journalists that they could be banned or deported for covering the events. reports now from television. israeli government says it is rethinking how it plans to handle foreign journalists that are on boil ball with their freedom flotilla two exits from european waters and heads towards gaza makes it this week what we do know is that earlier the israeli government press office said that any journalists on board would face arrest would

face detention and would also face a band of up to ten years that would not be able to return to israel for at least a decade we are now hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu first heard of this only this morning monday on the news and he is said to have said it is problematic he has urged his cabinet to rethink it and he's also said of the way journalists are dealt with it's different to the way so-called infiltrators are handled this doesn't know how to answer the question as if and when the israeli government indeed finds the second for tenet to be in violation of international law which is of course what it found the first for to be guilty of how will journalists on board be dealt with the security cabinet held an emergency meeting today off to that meeting it issued a statement in which the government ministers say they were determined to prevent the for tella from reaching gaza with as little friction as possible we're talking about ten ships from five hundred passengers on board representing some twenty two

countries also if you know one wants repeat of what happened last year in newsradio parties are at pains to try and make sure that all they ducks on the road to prevent the same kind of incident occurring that first attempt happened on may the thirty first there were six ships involved they had six from thirteen and the largest of those ships known as the mother. came in conflict with israeli commandos who were loaded into the ship via helicopters from helicopters they was fighting that ensued both sides blaming the other questions starting the conflict but the fact is that nine turkish activists who were on board were killed the israeli government has said again and again that it will not allow any ships whether this fits into a tame to another one to actually. beach gaza israeli authorities saying that they insist on actually sorting through all the goods on board to make sure that there are no weapons no ammunition there and that once feel satisfied that there isn't they will be personally responsible for transferring herbal goods to gaza it is

important to note that the reason why the activists are telling out the second fratelli in as many years in two years is that they do believe that the blockade on gaza is facilitating a humanitarian disaster we are hearing reports of increase in school teachers in food supplies in medical supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is the second attempt by activists around the world to draw attention to gaza. paulus live there still to come on the program democracy with a catch the u.s. announcing programs to help opposition movements across the globe some suggest is just a convenient way to overthrow nuisance governments. still to come china to the rescue stay with us to see how the emerging superpower wants to help europe's failing economies. stories still to come but first the japanese government is starting radiation checks on millions of people living near the stricken for shima nuclear plant has been revealed that fifteen people living over forty kilometers from the

facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month and as all to sean thomas found out many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war that the japanese people have no trust in the government a coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the radiation exclusion zone is starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here say the government just isn't doing enough from the city hall iraq city they said different things like they said different things and the government they said different things. they end up together the. part of the country

last year they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists who know that large doses of radiation given in one blast is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you check it out here. or ideation level and then you check debriefs and when you take water you always feel have different values because it's so close and it's so changing so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what a normal person would have by year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful lush green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up in fact we're trying to get a little bit closer but we're supported out by a police officer and

a typo if they're still now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still between seven and ten times higher than normal weather for misinformation or me. understanding the people who live in the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem that some say is compounded by government propaganda accentuating the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste. the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear energy until now the priority has been to profit from energy the p.r. machine of the government has been emphasising the benefit of nuclear energy and the citizens have been brainwashed to believe it now in the wake of an international crisis and there are allegations that the government and the power companies have worked out a deal to help each other and that the media has been bought off the t.v. channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay

a lot with at this money they cannot survive and for that reason i have to shut up about the situation the newspapers have this problem as well that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people saving face for those in charge in japan showing thomas. very nearly thirty minutes past the russian capital to. headlines from around the world in a world update thousands have been forced from their homes in the u.s. state of north dakota after a river burst its banks emergency services and volunteers scramble to build. and makeshift levees with mixed results and they defend now is the contamination of drinking water with people being urged to boil it for drinking. greek lawmakers are discussing deeply unpopular spending cuts and tax hikes today and measures a prerequisite for a new multibillion bailout from the european union and a last ditch effort to avoid default is being seen as crucial to the future of the

whole euro but the austerity plan is anger at the public because of its severity and cost to future generations. well china is offering to help europe with its economy the chinese prime minister on a tour of the e.u. has offered to buy debt from struggling nations it's seen as a move to secure support in europe as well as to inflation that's the view of jim rogers he's an american financial investor and author if they become the savior if they become the large creditor for europe then they're going to have a very major seat at the table it's going to improve their position in the i.m.f. it's going to produce improved her position with the world bank it's going to improve their position if you win because you know the europeans are going to have to be more and more friendly to china because china is saving american i cannot save them russia cannot save them so europe is going to be more china friendly that it has been in the past they're going to the europeans to say ok let's be friendly

what keep you all this money will bail you out you'll be friendly and supportive of us instead of being so supportive instead of listening to washington so much you know you call us first and if we want more representation at international bodies such as the world bank then you you should listen to our case the chinese have huge international reserves they have the largest international brotherhood in the world you have over three trillion u.s. dollars and very various currencies internally yes they've had too much inflation and they're trying to let inflation oh but there are extra will there international situation that lots of liquidity and can do whatever they want. there are plenty more stories lined up for you online at our web page dot com here's what's available for you right now if you should click on the book find out about the fund manager accused of tax evasion in russia who's now been dropped from the country's

wanted list. also though the website discover the fate of the former spine master who blew the cover of russian agents in the u.s. including femi fertile and a chaplain. the u.s. state department's plans for spreading democracy around the world have been greeted with speculation that washington is planning a program of foreign regime change it will provide finance and technology to opposition groups but the attach strings could be used to steer other states where america wants them as artie's going to reports. the u.s. state department now generously hands out cash and technology to dissidents throughout the world its bureau of democracy human rights and labor has announced

the request for proposals on how to foster change in a number of countries in the middle east and north africa as well as cuba the u.s. claims the best of intentions saying it wants to strengthen independent civil society groups in those countries it's just in really another form of provoking regime change they're just trying to do it under a different guise under a different facade saying that somehow and with the best of intentions they're promoting democracy but in reality it's just promoting us agenda among other things the state department is financing the creation of stealth wireless networks that would enable activists to communicate outside the reach of governments in countries like iran and syria and libya according to participate in the projects other programs include a so-called internet in a suitcase a powerful portable wireless transmitter that activists can use to set up their own networks in order to circumvent state control but at the same time american

companies provide authorities in bahrain saudi arabia and kuwait with the technology to effectively block websites those double standards do in fact system everybody should be fully aware of things and understand the. us or united states government and austrian regime change that's what essentially a revolution is our technology is not all the us provides to instigate change in certain countries some opposition movements get a direct cash supply for example we can leaks cables show that the state department has for years secretly funded syrian anti-government groups it's done in general to create a world that is more aligned more specifically more control will be aligned with the. use of the united states i'm now looking at the state department website that promotes grants for those willing to bring about change in communist cuba and here is one of the requirements i'm going to read this it is preferable

for these personnel to speak spanish fluently possess solid understanding of the cultural context and have prior experience on the island in order to maximize their effectiveness in this unique operating environment and of quote sounds very much like recruiting agents but instead of doing it the traditional secretive way the us does they're right out in the open on their website help most often comes with strings attached many say opposition leaders in libya who now get financial and political support from washington are sure to get instructions on how to return the favor essentially their. system with. the u.s. government even if they don't necessarily think it's going to check on r.t.e. washington d.c. . independent research and historian jeff friesen things claims of democratic motivation is simply a cover for america's quest for dominance. it's not about democracy at all i

mean there is one thing that i've learned is that the united states foreign policy power and power alone the idea that somehow there is benevolence see that there is a caring grandfather figure here in the united states who wants to help foreign countries become better it is. what they hope to get in return is to establish a greater empire. i think you know i'm not being overly cynical when i say that there's there's nothing but military power and force at work here and if they don't like somebody in particular country then they're going to rid of them one way or the other and this is just a new technique of how to do it. the idea of bombing somebody into submission is kind of old hat. well that brings up today for the moment twenty minutes past the

hour now here in the russian capital i'll be back with a recap of our top stories for in about ten minutes from now but first one man who says events of focus shima shouldn't be called a disaster is john rich now he's the director general of the world nuclear association explains to r.t. so if you have an answer why he thinks nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power and getting safer that's a special interview for me next. the it will.

generate it's great to have you with us today thank you so how much of the new production technology improved since its first reactor well the history of the nuclear age goes back more than a half century and enormous changes have taken place in that period of time i think the remarkable thing about the history of nuclear energy is how safe it has been almost from the very beginning. when we go back and see the first reactors experimentally being built in the one nine hundred fifty s. we're looking at a very very new technology and now we've had some bumps along the way that is force for sure we had three mile island in america we had sure noble in ukraine we just had fukushima but the i think the remarkable thing about this technology which is producing so much of the world's electricity is how essential least safe it has

been it does not emit any emissions into the into the global atmosphere and it has only on very very rare occasions harmed anyone and meanwhile we have thousands hundreds of thousands even millions of fatalities from the extraction of fossil fuels from the surface of the earth from the health consequences of carbon emissions now you sound like a grassroots environmentalist what's your job right now how would you. as i think with bill making the credibility of the nuclear power industry well there are a lot of people think it's the greens versus nuclear and in fact in many green organizations anti-nuclear ism is one of the fundamental principles i'm in the nuclear power business precisely because i believe in the in my or environmental virtues of nuclear power i got into this business when president clinton assigned me to be the his ambassador to the united nations organizations that deal with nuclear energy and i was particularly concerned and focused on the question of

nuclear proliferation containing that and i did that work for president clinton for eight years but in the process i got a real education about the positive side of nuclear the the electricity generation that nuclear could bring to the world without environmental consequences you know that but you're upset powerhouse germany a solvent sustainable economy disagrees with you they won't think it's out of their country and i know that my spoke to the austrian foreign minister recently i'm very extremely proud of hat to be nuclear free. and you said that it's actually gain votes and he said it was a democratic house so sad it was in a sad result of democratic politics responding instantly and irrationally to some event halfway around the world to change the basic energy policy of europe's largest industrial economy it was certainly done according to democratic procedures but these democratic procedures produced as democracy

sometimes does a highly irrational result i'm an american i know that irrationality can come out of a political system i've seen it many times in my life and american democracy democracy does not produce great results and sometimes it produces silly results and we've just seen one and in germany what about for christina what happened there and least you keep telling me that it's all the same i don't keep telling you that it's all safe there was an accident. look what happened i mean how can how can that nuclear power be the future when it's still so incredibly dangerous for life well it's interesting that you would say that because we've just seen twenty four thousand japanese citizens killed by an earthquake and a tsunami. we've seen the media have a frenzy in covering the accident at fukushima which has not made it had not been responsible for a single radiation fatality we've had a mishap a serious mishap a pushing a power plant that has yet to produce

a single fatality and yet people are using the word the phrase nuclear disaster nuclear tragedy as if something terribly harmful has occurred by i think it was a tragedy in terms of the world's understanding of the essential safety of nuclear power i also think however that it might also be educational in the long term because people have begun to focus on and as they begin to begin to focus even more clearly on the ultimate consequences of fukushima they will learn that there was relatively little damage done by this event and this was a worst case nuclear event after for christina you said we need to go back and look at whether those posts shut down cooling systems can survive the worst case events we can imagine what do you mean by go back the japanese made a mistake. the fundamental mistake they made was deciding that the worst tsunami they might encounter would come at a certain height and that would be the worst case to nami that they would encounter and if they defended against that there there are backup cooling systems would be

safe that was a mistake because they misjudged and the result was that they did not have waterproof backup cooling systems and because they did not have waterproof backup cooling systems those were flooded and rendered an operative now why is this important how did this happen you have to think of nuclear energy as the equivalent of a racehorse that finishes running a race and then the. so cool down period the reactors at fukushima when the earthquake began shutdown they became essentially helpless on purpose but they still needed some exteriors some extremely supplied electricity supply to power cooling systems they needed some extra cooling to get down to normal atmospheric and ambient temperatures the problem at fukushima was that they made a mistake in reactor design not in reactor operations but in reactor design and what happens to happen now is that every nuclear regulatory authority in the world

needs to go back and ask the question are all of the reactors under my supervision and protected against worst case natural catastrophes like floods like tsunamis like earthquakes like plane crashes and. those questions are being asked right now i think they will result in some changes i don't think the changes are going to be terribly expensive i don't think they're going to take a long time to implement and i think that the the good of this is that with the world will have drawn a lesson from fukushima nuclear safety will be even stronger in the aftermath thank you very much for this interview.

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